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chicle

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chic=le

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chicle has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

chiclen. [Amer. Sp. chicle.].
     A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla (Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chicle, n. the milky juice of the sapodilla tree, used in the manufacture of chewing-gum.

Etymology
Amer. Sp. f. Nahuatl tzietli
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